princessgibbles

Hello everyone, I would like to address something I was recently made aware of. A writer on another writing platform has stolen my story, The Older Man, and attempted to pass it off as their own. I take this very seriously and have already addressed the people in charge of the website to take the proper measures to resolve this. I have also personally contacted the writer himself to address this issue with him directly.
          	
          	Plagiarism is 100% wrong and in a lot of cases, legal action can actually be taken to correct it. I’m telling you all this because I keep my readers informed on practically everything. I believe in transparency between me and my readers; that’s why I always do my best to keep you all in the loop on any new updates with my stories, old and new. 
          	
          	I’m very grateful to the Wattpad user @faiza07d for bringing this to my attention. I would greatly appreciate it if you all could go over to the website or app, Inkitt, and report the story ‘Age Is Just A Number.’ The story was uploaded by a user called Sin Adane. You can all see for yourself how painfully obvious the plagiarism is. Despite changing character names and chapter titles, the story is evidently my original work, The Older Man.
          	
          	If any of you are aware of other stories on Wattpad or another site that directly steal any of my work, please inform me of it immediately. 
          	
          	It breaks my heart to know that a story I worked hard to create with my then boyfriend Matthew is being stolen and passed off as someone else’s. I hope you all will help me in tracking down any other forms of plagiarism of my work.
          	
          	Thank you all for being understanding and honest. Please be safe and take care of yourselves. Cheers xx

YulaJune

@princessgibbles 
          	  That is absoultley not right....sorry for that
          	  Keep writing more aweome books
          	  Be safe tooo
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Smartgirl94

@princessgibbles 
          	    This is heartbreaking, I love your books so much and then to read your message saying that is was plagiarized just makes my stomach turn. I was going to report it now but I am seeing that @betterbeanonymous has tried to do that but couldn't find it, so it must have been taken down. I hope this doesn't happen again, I love your books and keep up the awesome work that you do.
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betterbeanonymous

@princessgibbles  Very sad to hear it. When I went to report, I didn't find the guy. Must have been removed already. Much love! <3
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LustingForHim

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Hey author I don't know why I have the need to write this on here it's probably because of the comment I read saying that your story is harmful which honeslty it isn't at all. I haven't read it yet but I doubt it that you're intention was to make the story harmful. I know that comment was way back 2021 and I'm late as fuck but just wanted to say that there are others who appreciate you're efforts and the time you put into writing something for us. Just wanted to say thanks lol 
          
          Much love, Raven. ❤

pinkcandies55567

I don’t mean to offend you, I’m just letting you know

LustingForHim

@princessgibbles I haven't read it yet and just found this out now but it's all good I can already tell this stroy will be good. Thanks for putting in the effort in writing this. ❤
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Lia_Sera_Swanepoel

@princessgibbles I loved the book personally. It was amazing and I can't wait to read the sequil
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princessgibbles

            Hello, I must admit that I did take some offense to what you said. To hear that someone believes my story is “all types of harmful” is extremely upsetting because I tried my best to not glamorize anything in the relationship between Cheyenne and Vincent. I wanted the readers to be made aware that yes, relationships like this are a real thing, and with them comes a lot of issues that I didn’t shy away from writing about. It hurts that you didn’t enjoy the story, based on what you commented, and I wish there was something I could do, but unfortunately I can only recommend that you don’t associate yourself with my story. I don’t want to offend or upset anyone with anything I write. These stories are works of pure fiction, but in them, I try to address real world issues to add a touch of realism to the stories. I’m confused about what you meant by my “manipulating the storyline.” The story wasn’t just about an older man being with a teenage girl; it was also about the struggles and issues that lie in the day to day relationship of a married man with his mistress where an age gap is present between the two. I tried to add depth and layers to each character while still remaining loyal to the entirety of my intended storyline. I don’t personally feel that I normalized their relationship; I simply addressed what many others, especially on this app, have already discussed before as far as a teenage girl being with an older man. I feel that where I differ is that I didn’t write “smut with a simple storyline for context.” I wanted to write a story that people would enjoy but I understand that not everyone will be a fan. That’s the reality I accept as a writer. I can appreciate you coming forward with concerns you had surrounding my story and I respect your openness in discussing it. Please be safe and take care of yourself. 
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pinkcandies55567

“It’s a story about an older man and a teenager” if you were just going to write smut with a simple storyline for context cool whatever, but it’s the fact that you normalised their relationship and added an intense storyline with him as the victim making people forget about the problems with their relationship. 

pinkcandies55567

You’re normalising ephebophilia which is disgusting and wrong. And then completely changed the topic of the conversation by proceeding to manipulate the storyline to make the predator look like the victim. It’s not even the fact that you change the story from a woman’s issue to a men’s issue, but you completely dismissed the women’s issue as “the norm” while addressing  the the men’s issue as unacceptable. Do you see the problem? 

morganknave

@pinkcandies55567 the character is a legal consenting adult. 
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Psy_Pines

@pinkcandies55567 funny, I think something like that, more or less
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pinkcandies55567

@The_stray_story am I right or am I tripping? 
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pinkcandies55567

Your story is all types of harmful. 

LustingForHim

@pinkcandies55567 there is like thousands of books on wattpad that consists of older men and younger girl. It's honestly not bad because these occur in real life wether you agree to it or not. I don't think the author would right something to make it harmful for people who are reading infact the authors intention is to write something that we would enjoy and not take so seriously but I get it that not everyone would agree on the same things. Not hate just saying.  ❤  
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plaz3y

Dude…. If the story is so harmful why are you taking the time to give something so “harmful” attention and expose yourself to an author who writes “harmful” things as well as their readers who read these “harmful” stories??? 
            Or ..are you  being hateful to this author (who didn’t force you to look at or read the story) because you secretly liked it and need to project the opposite to make yourself feel better??
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princessgibbles

Hello everyone, I would like to address something I was recently made aware of. A writer on another writing platform has stolen my story, The Older Man, and attempted to pass it off as their own. I take this very seriously and have already addressed the people in charge of the website to take the proper measures to resolve this. I have also personally contacted the writer himself to address this issue with him directly.
          
          Plagiarism is 100% wrong and in a lot of cases, legal action can actually be taken to correct it. I’m telling you all this because I keep my readers informed on practically everything. I believe in transparency between me and my readers; that’s why I always do my best to keep you all in the loop on any new updates with my stories, old and new. 
          
          I’m very grateful to the Wattpad user @faiza07d for bringing this to my attention. I would greatly appreciate it if you all could go over to the website or app, Inkitt, and report the story ‘Age Is Just A Number.’ The story was uploaded by a user called Sin Adane. You can all see for yourself how painfully obvious the plagiarism is. Despite changing character names and chapter titles, the story is evidently my original work, The Older Man.
          
          If any of you are aware of other stories on Wattpad or another site that directly steal any of my work, please inform me of it immediately. 
          
          It breaks my heart to know that a story I worked hard to create with my then boyfriend Matthew is being stolen and passed off as someone else’s. I hope you all will help me in tracking down any other forms of plagiarism of my work.
          
          Thank you all for being understanding and honest. Please be safe and take care of yourselves. Cheers xx

YulaJune

@princessgibbles 
            That is absoultley not right....sorry for that
            Keep writing more aweome books
            Be safe tooo
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Smartgirl94

@princessgibbles 
              This is heartbreaking, I love your books so much and then to read your message saying that is was plagiarized just makes my stomach turn. I was going to report it now but I am seeing that @betterbeanonymous has tried to do that but couldn't find it, so it must have been taken down. I hope this doesn't happen again, I love your books and keep up the awesome work that you do.
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betterbeanonymous

@princessgibbles  Very sad to hear it. When I went to report, I didn't find the guy. Must have been removed already. Much love! <3
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